Nursery World - New inspections welcomed by nurseries

Early years settings that have been inspected under the new framework are largely positive about their experience.

Reflections Nursery and Forest School in Worthing

Early years settings that have been inspected under the new framework are largely positive about their experience.

Just over a month since the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) came in, Nursery Worldhas spoken with a handful of settings that have been inspected under it, the majority of whom believe the framework has been changed for the better.

Dr Helen Edwards, founder of Tapestry and a former Ofsted inspector, who has analysed 100 Ofsted reports from inspections that were undertaken last month (see box), said that the worries the sector had before about the inspection framework are ‘unfounded’.

Compared to previous inspections, settings Nursery World spoke to highlighted that the inspector spent much more time observing practice and speaking with staff than looking at paperwork, as outlined in the framework.

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